The Board has granted service connection for recurrent right hip injury residuals with osteoarthritis, recurrent left hip injury residuals including osteoarthritis and total hip replacement residuals, left knee osteoarthritis, and lumbosacral spine osteoarthritis. The diagnoses are related to the Veteran's in-service aircraft accident.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the diagnosed right hip and left hip disabilities were related to the service-connected left hip injury residuals and the diagnosed left knee disability was related to the service-connected left hip injury residuals, both stemming from the in-service September 1979 aircraft training accident.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent right hip injury residuals including osteoarthritis, recurrent left hip injury residuals including osteoarthritis and total hip replacement residuals, left knee osteoarthritis, lumbosacral spine osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2026
- Citation
- 26001754
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